#boxing

He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not deserve it either, because he was letting it waste. It was getting away from him and he made no effort to stop it. He did not know how. ↗

— Leonard Gardner

#depression #marriage #sadness #marriage

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. ↗

— Lily Aldridge

#avoid #ballet #boxing #cardio #i

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#astronaut #boxing #dempsey #i #i am

Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#also #aside #because #boxing #capability

Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#best #boxing #competing #each #fighters

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#boxing #boxing match #cover #doing #ears

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#between #boxing #contest #days #fights

Boxing is show-business with blood. ↗

— David Belasco

#boxing

Boxing is what pays my bills. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#boxing #pays

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him. ↗

— Jack Dempsey

#him #hitting #i #thinking #time